Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their latest ‘list’, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters” rollingstone.com). Let me repeat that title, “The 100 Greatest Songwriters”. Their descriptive line states “From Brill Building tunesmiths to Punk poets, from Woody Guthrie to Max Martin, the visionaries who defined music history.”
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Roxanne Tellier – The Eye of the BeHearer
Posted in Opinion with tags Aerosmith, Andrew W.K., anti-bullying, ‘mean girls’. Britain, Billy Squier, Bob Segarini, Canada, Cassandra Fairbanks, Celebrity Big Brother (UK.), DBAWIS, Deion Sanders, Diana Ross, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Ellie Goulding, Elvis, GoFundMe, Graham Norton Show, Guy Ritchie, Image overruled sound, Jean Claude Van Damme, Katie Hopkins, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny Ortega, LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, Madonna, MC Hammer, Michael Jackson, Moby, MTV, Much Music, OzzyOsbourne, Pharrell Williams, Photoshop, Police Academy, Reality TV, Roxanne Tellier, Run DMC, Sean from London, selfies, Tackleberry, The Buggles, The Osbournes, The Payolas, The Real World, Twitter, Van Halen on March 15, 2015 by segarini
MTV, and then Canada’s own Much Music, changed the musical playing field. Whether you loved it or hated it, suddenly being able to SEE musicians, actually playing, dancing, emoting, in living colour or sepia and in unfortunate eighties fashion choices, and all in the comfort of your own home, impacted on the decades to follow.
JAIMIE VERNON – THE WAGONS ARE CIRCLING…THE DRAIN
Posted in Opinion with tags 19 Entertainment, 1972, Adam Lambert, American Idol, ASCAP, BMI, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Carrie Underwood, class action lawsuit, DBAWIS, desert island, Don Henley, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fantasia, Flo & Eddie, Happy Together, I Won't Back Down, independent artist, Irving Azoff, Jaimie Vernon, Jeff Lynne, Kelly Clarkson, lawyers, Musicians, performing rights, Phillip Phillips, Sam Smith, Simon Cowell, Sirius XM, SOCAN, songwriters, Stay With Me, The Eagles, The Turtles, Tom Petty on January 31, 2015 by segarini
WARNING: This blog features the oral history of wallpaper drying and pertains to music that’s less than a decade old. Reading it might very well put you in a coma and cause your family to call emergency services.
It’s been a very interesting week in the music business as the wintery cobwebs get dusted away and we start seeing the industry awaken from its post-2014 slumber. There’s something amiss in Muzoid Land and it appears to be the long tail of sins of the past coming back to eat itself.
Roxanne Tellier: Love Stinks
Posted in Opinion with tags Adele, Alanis Morissette, Boyz 2 Men, Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars., Butch Walker, Cee Lo, Corey Hart, Dave Coulier, DBAWIS, Faith Hill, Flight of the Conchords, George Jones, Harry Nilsson, J Geils Band, Journey, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, Kenny Rogers, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Mariah Carey, Michael McDonald, Patsy Cline, pink, Prince, Rehan Dalal, Righteous Brothers, Roxanne Tellier, Skeeter Davis, Tammy Wynette, The Police, Tim McGraw, Toni Braxton, Tyler Farr, Weird Al on February 17, 2014 by segarini
February is the perfect month in which to have a Valentine’s Day, isn’t it? The dark days of winter mirror the endless darkness of your so called life and press on your last nerve, and the cold sneaks through the windows and under the doors like icy fingers, seeking out your most tender bits. What better time to join in a mass celebration of tawdry lingerie and heart 
shaped chocolates? Snuggle up to your honey, maybe even take off the socks that you’ve been wearing to bed for two months, and get your cuddles on.
Or at least, that’s what we’re told to expect.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 